Report to the Executive Committee of Public Service Corporation of New Jersey: On the Proposed Vehicular Tunnel Between the Cities of Jersey City and New York |
Common terms and phrases
12th St 15 Unsaturated 17 18 Unsaturated 18 Unsaturated Hydro AVERAGE FOR WEST AVERAGES Unsaturated Hydro Blackwall Tunnel Board of Consulting Boats Bridge and Tunnel bridge or tunnel bulkhead lines Canal Street Carbon dioxide 0.07 Committee construction Consulting Engineers Cortlandt Street counties cross section depth dioxide Oxygen Carbon ducts EAST END Unsaturated eight cars arranged END Unsaturated Hydro Engineer Officer engines of eight estimate of cost excavation feet five ferries fresh air Hudson River Interstate Bridge Jersey City lighting London London County Council low water method motor vehicles Oxygen Carbon monoxide Percy Ingalls permittee Pier pierhead lines portal Proposed Tunnel PROPOSED VEHICULAR TUNNEL Public Service Public Service Railway Ralph Modjeski Report of Board river section River Thames roadway rock Rotherhithe Tunnel shafts test piles trucks Tunnel Commission tunnel section tunnel tube TUNNEL UNDER HUDSON Unsaturated Hydro carbons vehicular traffic ventilation week-day York City ZONE
Popular passages
Page 88 - War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same.
Page 88 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Page 90 - Army and presented to the Engineer officer of the United States Army, in charge of the Chicago District, whose address is 520 Merchandise Mart, 222 N.
Page 88 - That it is to be understood that this authority does not give any property rights either in real estate or material, or any exclusive privileges ; and that it does not authorize any injury to private property or invasion of private rights, or any infringement of Federal, State or local laws or regulations, nor does it obviate the necessity of obtaining State assent to the work authorized.
Page 88 - That the work shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the Engineer Officer of the United States Army in Charge of the locality, who may temporarily suspend the work at any time if, in his judgment, the interest of navigation so require.
Page 88 - War, it shall cause unreasonable obstruction to the free navigation of said water, the permittee will be required, upon due notice from the Secretary of War, to remove or alter the structural work or obstructions caused thereby without expense to the United States so as to render navigation reasonably free. easy, and unobstructed : and if.
Page 88 - That if inspections or any other operations by the United States are necessary in the interests of navigation, all expenses connected therewith shall be borne by the permittee.
Page 88 - War may require, remove all or any portion of the uncompleted structure or fill and restore to its former condition the navigable capacity of the watercourse. No claim shall be made against the United States on account of any such removal or alteration.
Page 88 - ... the harbor of New York, or in its adjacent, or tributary waters, or in those of Long Island Sound, or to any point or place elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the supervisor of the harbor...
Page 89 - That the permittee shall notify the said district engineer at what time the work will be commenced, and as far in advance of the time of commencement as the said district engineer may specify, and shall also notify him promptly, in writing, of the commencement of work, suspension of work, if for a period of more than one week, resumption of work, and its completion.